A man with a flip-flop fetish was arrested after stealing 126 pairs to have sex with.

Flip-flops

Flip-flops

Theerapat Klaiya was detained in Thailand after locals reported that their footwear had gone missing.

Klaiya confessed to officers that he would wear the flip-flops around his house before rubbing them on his body, before getting intimate with them.

The collection of footwear consisted of dozens of different brands, sizes and colours - all of which had been thoroughly worn.

Police Major Colonel Ekkaphop Prasitwattanachai revealed that officers found out that his strange fetish had landed him in trouble before.

He said: ''After we arrested the suspect, we also found out that he had already been arrested last year for stealing flip-flops in another district.

''He fully admitted stealing the sandals for lewd purposes, so will be detained at the station until a court appearance for prosecutors to decide on the next part of the legal process for him.''