Pirates Plunder Bloom's Booty!

Thu., Jul. 16, 2009 8:23 AM PDT by Josh Grossberg

Ben Dome, David Lucas, PacificCoastNews.com

Someone's gotten away with Orlando Bloom's jewels!

E! News has learned that some enterprising thieves have broken into the Pirates of the Caribbean star's Hollywood Hills pad and made off with a boatload of cash and jewels.

"Yesterday evening around 5:50 p.m.. . .a relative of Bloom went to his home and discovered that it had been broken into and called police," said LAPD spokeswoman Amanda Betat. "As far as the amount of stolen items, it's an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry.

An inside job, me hearties?!

Law enforcement has launched an investigation into the incident, but so far have no suspects.

Bloom was not home at the time of the burglary, instead reportedly filming a movie in New York.

A neighbor of the 32-year-old thesp however told RadarOnline that she awoke to the sound of dogs barking and a noise coming from Bloom's residence at about 3 a.m. Thursday. While TMZ reported that the pilfered baubles were valued around $500,000 and included two expensive watches.

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