Police in Argentina investigating the death of Liam Payne have reportedly raided the homes of two hotel employees and a ‘friend’ of the former One Direction singer.

doors slamming throughout the afternoon, before a loud scream. Staff had called emergency services to report a guest who was “overwhelmed by drugs and alcohol” who was “destroying” a room.

The 31-year-old’s body was found in the late afternoon in Casa Sur’s internal courtyard.

Police pronounced Payne dead at the scene, saying he had suffered a “very serious injury” to the base of the skull. The forensic medical corps later concluded that Payne’s death was caused by “multiple traumas” and “internal and external haemorrhage” resulting from the fall.

One of the three accused reportedly visited Payne regularly during his two-week stay in the city. They have been charged with the abandonment of a person followed by death – a sentence of which carries between five to 15 years in prison – and the facilitation of narcotics