It was only earlier today, August 2nd, that the South African Police Service’s Commercial Crime Unit conducted a raid at a residential property in Parktown, Johannesburg, resulting in the confiscation of PlayStation 3 jailbreaking tools, as well as the world’s first PS3 security circumvention arrest in the world.

The raid was carried out following complaints issued by the South African Federation Against Copyright Theft (SAFACT), and was assisted by the SARS Computer Forensics Lab.

Police seized various ‘state of the art computers,’ as well as security circumvention software packages, USB devices used to jailbreak hardware, as well as fake PlayStation 2 games, original PlayStation 3 games (believed to be used as masters for pirating these games) and other documentation, all of which were found at the property in Parktown.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the raid and will remain in custody until the first court appearance for bail is held in the Specialized Commercial Crimes Court, said to be taking place in the next few days.

This is the first PlayStation 3 security circumvention-related arrest in the world.

Jailbreak devices are used to circumvent the security features on PlayStation 3 consoles to facilitate the playing of pirated PS3 games.

If you have any information other piracy activities in South Africa, related to videogames or otherwise, visit SAFACT’s site over here to report it or find out more.