The massive raid only served to show just how widespread cocaine use has become.

Rack, blow, Charlie, nose beers or just plain coke… call cocaine, whatever you like… NSW now consumes almost as much cocaine as the rest of the country combined.

The drug is often imported for as little as 60 thousand dollars per kilogram… the price is then jacked up to as much as 250 grand by criminal syndicates.

By the time it’s cut and diluted with other substances to be sold in bags as small as 0.2 grams… each kilogram of cocaine can be worth a million dollars.

So, as cocaine culture runs rampant through Sydney’s party scene, will smashing an industry kingpin make a difference - or is it simply too late?