Shocking images allegedly show drugs and drink in Liam Payne’s smashed-up hotel room after he fell to his death from the balcony.
The images — verified by Argentina’s biggest newspaper, La Nacion — reportedly show a smashed television, a half-drunk glass of what appeared to be champagne, and foil and powder scattered across Payne’s third-floor room at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel.
Photos of a desk show a Dove soap packet, an empty glass and the remains of a burnt candle and the burnt top of a drink can — along with traces of a white powder authorities will test to confirm suspicions it could be cocaine, La Nacion reported.
There was also wax and burnt foil in the bathtub, according to La Nacion, which said the images were verified by official sources involved in the death investigation.
Argentinian officials received a 911 call around 5 p.m. about an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” according to Pablo Policicchio, the communications director for the Buenos Aires Security Ministry.
Although the investigation is ongoing, Policicchio claimed Wednesday that the singer “had jumped from the balcony of his room.”
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Verification of the startling photographs came as Argentinian officials vow to hunt down the drug dealer involved, the outlet reported.
With Post wires
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