Police attended the first property on Barnsley Road in South Kirkby on May 26 last year following reports of a burglary. Lukasz Baginski was found in the property, along with 39 plants of cannabis growing across two rooms, along with the usual set up of fans, transformers, heat lamps and extractors. Following his arrest, officers found a hole in the wall to the adjacent property where they found further growing rooms with 45 plants and a similar sophisticated set up.
Finally, on August 8 this year, acting on a tip-off, officers forced entry to another property on Barnsley Road in South Elmsall, cutting the metal gates on the door. They found Baginski inside and a further 65 plants that were being dried and prepared for selling. The court heard that the cannabis had a potential street value of between £20,000 wholesale and £60,000 if sold in individual deals.