Trap's Ready, Set -

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THE STORY SO FAR In the middle of the night, hours before DEA and FBI agents are to arrest Internet drug dealers in a worldwide sweep, Temple grad student Akhil Bansal senses something is wrong and races from his Roxborough apartment to catch a plane back to India. Today's installment begins as Akhil flees.

It is April 19, 2005. ROXBOROUGH The driver had the SUV's engine running. Akhil Bansal hustled from his apartment, rolling a black canvas suitcase into the cool, clear night. He carried $1,500 and a printout of an hours-old airplane ticket to India. It was 1:39 a.m. on April 19, 2005. The day's events swirled in Akhil's head: He had exams at Temple University in 11 days. An online-pharmacy client had been arrested in New York. That morning, Akhil's father had instructed...