POPULAR torrent-sharing websites including The Pirate Bay were temporarily taken offline after Swedish police raided a Stockholm property on Tuesday.

The Pirate Bay has now reappeared online with a Costa Rica web address.

TorrentFreak confirmed servers, computers and other equipment were seized in the police operation.

The raid was part of an operation to protect intellectual property, Swedish authorities say.

A statement from police national co-ordinator for IP enforcement Paul Pintér said there was “a crackdown on a server room in Greater Stockholm. This is in connection with violations of copyright law.”

Other torrent related sites affected by the raid includes Suprbay.org, Bayimg.com, Pastebay.net, EZTV, Zoink, Torrage and the Istole tracker.