British police working with the FBI have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection to the cyber-attacks that took down the Playstation and Xbox networks over Christmas. The cyber unit of Britain’s South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) made the arrest Friday, after an investigation into  “swatting” and other computer hacking offences led them to the Southport teen, the BBC reports.

“Swatting” is a criminal offense where an individual or group knowingly provides false information to law enforcement agencies in the United States with the intent to provoke police into sending tactical units to a particular location. As one might imagine, swatting can be a significant drain on law enforcement resources.

The UK teen, from Southport which is near Liverpool in the north of England, has also been charged with unauthorized access to computer material contrary to section 1 of Computer Misuse Act 1990, unauthorized access with intent to commit further offences contrary to section 2 of Computer Misuse Act 1990 and threats to kill contrary to Section 16 of Offences against the person Act 1861, according to a police statement.

Police have additionally seized a number of electronic and digital devices to be inspected by forensic and eForensics examiners.

“We are still at the early stages of the investigation and there is still much work to be done,” said Craig Jones, Head of SEROCU’s Cyber Crime Unit. “We will continue to work closely with the FBI to identify those to who commit offences and hold them to account.”

It remains unclear exactly how the UK suspect is connected to the devastating denial of service attacks that brought down Sony’s Playstation network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live network over Christmas. A hacker group called Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for the attacks. In late-December, a known member of the group, Vinnie Omari, was arrested, but later released with no charges filed.

“We are pursuing cyber criminals using the latest technology and working with businesses and academia to further develop specialist investigative capabilities to protect and reduce the risk to the public,” said Jones.“Cyber crime is an issue which has no boundaries and affects people on a local, regional and global level.”