KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10 -- The Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) will conduct a thorough investigation into the Setia City Mall shooting before determining whether the case is drug-related.

Department director Datuk Seri Khaw Kok Chin said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had requested his department to examine the case from this angle.

"Whether the shooting involves drugs, we can only determine after a thorough investigation, if possible arrests are to be made.

"Otherwise, our comments are premature as we don't have solid evidence to say that the shooting had any drug influence," Khaw told a press conference at the Bukit Aman Police Headquarters today.

He added that the NCID had been working with the C...