A MAN was busted allegedly breaking into a Brisbane sex shop early this morning — wearing crotchless fishnet stockings and a dress.

It is believed a 34-year-old man from Murrumba Downs allegedly broke into the Totally Adult sex shop on Gympie Rd, Aspley, about 5am.

He reportedly entered the store by removing roof tiles and lowering himself into the store.

State manager Fiona Coldrick said she went to the store after being alerted by security. She said when she arrived she heard noises in the roof and she believed she interrupted the would-be thief’s escape.

She called police who arrested the man a short time later in an alleyway out the back of the store.

Products worth about $2000 were later found abandoned in the roof.

Mrs Coldrick said staff had some concerns about a man who was in the store for quite a long time after closing hours yesterday.

Staff told her the man did not buy anything but spent a long time looking at different products in the shop.

“At first I was frustrated that someone had broken in but there’s definitely a funny side to it,” Mrs Coldrick said of the incident.

“Obviously what he was wearing was pretty amusing.

“You’ve got to see the lighter side of it.”

Mrs Coldrick said most of their customers were couples but they also catered for people who led alternative lifestyles.

“We have a couple of cross dressers who come in, but they’re lovely,” she said.

“We never have any trouble with any of our customers.

“Everybody knows that anyone is welcome to come in here as long as they’re respectful of the staff and the store.

“But I can’t say I’ve ever had anybody drop through the roof like that.”

Police investigations are continuing. A 34-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries.