In the SBS variety show 'Kkoko Mu', a robbery of a cash transport vehicle that was even more cinematic than a movie heightened the tension.

The 165th episode of 'The Story of That Day Connecting Tails', which aired on the 6th, unfolded a story themed around the 'criminal's scenario'. The guests included actress Jin Seoyeon, musical actor Kim Hoyoung, and singer Tei.

The story began with the robbery of a cash transport vehicle that occurred only 100 meters from the Gyeongju police station in December 2001. The first officer to arrive at the scene, Detective Joo Jaejeong, expressed his astonishment, saying, "'Is this real?' It was something straight out of a movie. It was an incident that could not have happened in reality." The cash transport vehicle was waiting at a red light when two unidentified men opened the tightly locked trunk and made off with a bag containing over 180 million won on a motorcycle. The crime took only 10 seconds.

The secret lay in the key left behind by the criminals. The criminals had meticulously tampered with the trunk's locking mechanism in advance to make it open with any key. What was left behind were two strands of hair and a note print. However, this was insufficient for DNA identification. Meanwhile, it was confirmed that a similar cash transport vehicle robbery had occurred in Busan a year earlier, which sped up the investigation into the chain of cash transport vehicle robberies.

The suspect was Yoon, who had a criminal record of 12 offenses and had frequently moved in and out of prison since age 15. He came to be named a suspect thanks to veteran detective Jang Youngkwon, who worked with the Seoul Police Agency's Special Investigation Team. Detective Jang is based on the actual character played by actor Ma Dongseok in the film 'Crime City.' In 1997, in Okcheon, Chungbuk, a perpetrator attacked a bank employee with an aluminum baseball bat and vanished on a motorcycle with a money bag. Evidence revealed that Yoon boasted about having committed that incident himself. However, Yoon, who was arrested as a suspect, was acquitted due to insufficient evidence, leaving the case unresolved.

Subsequently, a large-scale joint investigation involving the Seoul Police Agency, Gyeongbuk Police Agency, and Gyeongju police station was conducted. A team of 39 veteran detectives assembled like an Avengers team. They tracked the movements of the prime suspect, Yoon, and discovered two individuals from the surroundings with records of 10 and 8 offenses, respectively, named Choi and Kim. All were alumni of Cheongsong Prison and appeared ordinary, commuting to and from a car wash with no apparent anomalies. Even during the crime, they had perfect alibis.

However, after relentless tracking, it was revealed that the user of the phone calls constituting Choi's alibi was his wife. Yoon created an alibi from the CCTV footage taken at the bank, but detectives speculated that Yoon had planned the crime while Choi and Kim executed it. However, due to a lack of direct evidence, on the morning of the day of the review of the arrest warrant, detectives successfully obtained Choi's confession. Furthermore, stolen import documents were discovered on a cement floor, and with the help of sea divers in Ulsan's waters, detectives successfully retrieved the money bag sunk beneath the surface, concealed with stones. Watching the footage at the time, Jin Seoyeon exclaimed, "It’s so refreshing!"

It was a meticulously planned crime from start to finish, but ultimately, Yoon was found guilty for both the Busan and Gyeongju cases and sentenced to five years in prison, while Choi was also sentenced to five years, and Kim to four years. What was even more surprising was that this was revealed after their arrest. They were 'criminals' who even studied by clipping newspapers reporting the cases for which they had been acquitted before their crimes.

When asked, "Is a perfect crime possible?" detectives replied, "No. Eventually, they'll get caught." The Jang trio—Jang Doyeon, Jang Hyunseong, and Jang Seonggyu—noted, "The persistence and passion of detectives who don't give up is the master key to unraveling a perfect crime." Tei shared, "'There’s no perfect crime. Crime eventually gets discovered,' and I want to hold on to this saying," concluding the remarkable chase that was more cinematic than a movie.

Meanwhile, 'Kkoko Mu' is a program where three 'storytellers' study and share their insights with their 'story friends' in the most ordinary setting, broadcasting every Thursday at 10:20 p.m. on SBS.

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