Police in Argentina investigating the death of Liam Payne have raided the homes of two hotel employees and a ‘friend’ of the former One Direction singer, it has been reported.
The raids were carried out on Tuesday night, while lockers of the workers at the hotel where the 31-year-old died have also been searched, law enforcement sources in Buenos Aires told TMZ.
Police believe the employees were in contact with Liam before he plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel last month.
According to TMZ’s report, Liam’s ‘friend’ was identified by police by looking at messages on his phone to see who sold him drugs.
However, it understood that the person officers were looking to speak to was not at home during the raid last night.
This development comes after police raided the CasaSur late last month and seized electronic and paper records.
Liam Payne (pictured) died last month after the popstar fell from the balcony of his third floor hotel room in Buenos Aires
Aerial view of the hotel where British singer Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires
Payne had been on holiday in South America with girlfriend Kate Cassidy (pictured left) when the tragic fall occurred
Liam Payne’s last post on Snapchat before he fell to his death from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires
A post-mortem in the wake of his death determined that the 31-year-old’s cause of death on 16 October was from the head injuries that he sustained during his fall.
Payne had arrived in Argentina earlier last monthh for his ex-bandmate Niall Horan’s concert.
His girlfriend Kate Cassidy had been with him on the trip but left two days before he died.
Just last week local police raided the Casa Sur Hotel where the fall occurred as they followed up on allegations that staff had sold Liam drugs in the hours leading up to his death.
Prosecutors have since explored the theory that Liam was in ‘a state of semi or total unconsciousness’ during an apparent drug-fuelled episode on the morning of his death.
Forensic police arrive at the hotel where Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires
Liam rose to fame with band One Direction. He is pictured with bandmates (left-right) Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik
Liam Payne in the Casa Sur Hotel lobby in Buenos Aires just minutes before his death
