‘Kkokkomu’ depicted a ‘chain bank cash transport vehicle hijacking incident’ that was more cinematic than a movie, creating an explosion of tension.

Episode 165 of ‘That Day, Which Is Twisted’ (directed by Lee Dong-won, Go Hye-rin/hereafter ‘Kkokkomu’), which aired on the 6th, unfolded a story under the theme of ‘A Criminal‘s Scenario’. Listeners included actress Jin Seo-yeon, musical actor Kim Ho-young, and singer Tae.

The story that day began with the cash transport vehicle hijacking incident that occurred in front of Chohung Bank, just 100m away from the Gyeongju Police Station, in December 2001. Detective Joo Jae-jung, who was the first to arrive at the scene, said, “, ’, “Is this a real story?” It was like a movie. It was a case that could not have actually happened,“ expressing his surprise at the time.

While the cash transport vehicle was waiting at a traffic light in front of the head office, two mysterious men opened the tightly locked trunk, took out a bag containing over 180 million won, and fled on a motorcycle. The crime lasted only 10 seconds.

The secret was in the key the criminal left behind. The criminals had meticulously manipulated the trunk lock in advance so that it could be opened with any key. The criminals left behind two strands of hair and a fingerprint. However, DNA identification was impossible with that. In the meantime, it was confirmed that a cash transport vehicle hijacking incident of the same method had occurred in Busan a year ago, speeding up the investigation into the serial bank cash transport vehicle hijacking incident.

The suspect was Mr. Yoon, a 12-time criminal with a criminal record who had been in and out of prison since he was 15. His name was listed as a suspect thanks to veteran detective Jang Young-kwon, who works at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Mobile Investigation Unit. Detective Jang is the real-life character of Detective Ma Seok-do, played by actor Ma Dong-seok in the movie ‘The Outlaws’. Detective Jang learned that in 1997, in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, a mysterious man attacked a bank employee with an aluminum baseball bat and disappeared on a motorcycle with a bag of money, and that Yoon had been saying that he had done it himself. However, Yoon, who was arrested as a suspect, was found not guilty due to insufficient evidence, and the case became a cold one.

After that, a large-scale joint investigation was conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency, and Gyeongju Police Station. The Avengers Team, consisting of 39 veteran detectives, gathered. While tracking the movements of the prime suspect, Yoon, they discovered Choi, who had 10 previous convictions, and Kim, who had 8 previous convictions. They were all the same age and had graduated from Cheongsong Prison. However, they seemed to be going to and from the car wash as normal people and had no unusual behavior. Even the alibi at the time of the crime was perfect.

However, after persistent tracking, it was revealed that the person who had been using Choi‘s alibi on the phone was Choi’s wife. Yoon made an alibi using the CCTV footage from the bank, but the detectives assumed that Yoon planned the crime and Choi and Kim committed it. However, since there was a lack of direct evidence, they succeeded in obtaining Choi‘s confession on the morning of the day of the actual examination of the arrest warrant. Then, stolen income stamps were found on the cement floor, and in the sea off Ulsan, with the help of female divers, they succeeded in retrieving a bag of money that had sunk under the water with a rock. Jin Seo-yeon, who was watching the footage at the time, exclaimed, ”It feels so good.“

Although it was a crime planned from beginning to end, Yoon was ultimately found guilty of both the Busan and Gyeongju cases and sentenced to 5 years in prison, Choi to 5 years in prison, and Kim to 4 years in prison. What was even more surprising was revealed after they were arrested. They were ‘criminals’ who even studied newspaper articles reporting cases in which they were found not guilty before committing a crime.

To the question, “Is a perfect crime possible?”, the detectives answered, “No. They will be caught someday.”. The Jang Trio of Jang Do-yeon, Jang Hyun-sung, and Jang Sung-kyu were relieved, saying, “The detectives’ unyielding persistence and passion are the master key to solving the perfect crime.” Tae said, “’There is no such thing as a perfect crime. ”Criminals will be caught someday,‘ I want to keep this saying in mind,“ he said, wrapping up the grand chase drama that was more cinematic than a movie.

‘Kkokkomu’ is a program in which three ‘storytellers’ study on their own and share their thoughts and feelings with their ‘story friends’ one-on-one in the most everyday spaces. It airs every Thursday at 10:20 PM on SBS.

Photo courtesy of SBS

Jo Sung-woon, Donga.com reporter madduxly@donga.com

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