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This is the bizarre moment a thief tried to have sex with a mannequin after breaking into a shopping mall.

Security guards discovered the unusual incident after trawling through CCTV following a break-in at the centre in Jaragua, southern Brazil.

After stealing a variety of discount value clothes, the man can be seen propping a headless female mannequin against the wall of a corridor.

He proceeds to kiss the dummy's breasts before carrying out a sex act.

Wearing a t-shirt over his head, the man then pulls up his shorts and walks away.

The footage was later posted on YouTube where it has been viewed thousands of times.

The offender has since been arrested after he returned to the store and was recognised by staff.

Police believe he stole the clothes to sell them for drug money.

Ricardo Carvalho, manager of the shopping centre, told the Folha De Jaragua newspaper the incident was "strange".

(Image: Folha de Jaraguá)

"If such an individual is capable of committing an act like this, imagine if he broke into a house? He could do the same with a helpless person," he added.

The suspect told the newspaper he had broken into the shopping centre because he had "nothing else to do".

He would not comment on the sex acts carried out on the mannequin.