Liam Payne's Argentina hotel raided by police as they hunt for 'employee details'

Liam Payne died on October 16 after falling to his death (Image: Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal)

Police have raided the hotel where Liam Payne tragically plunged to his death, according to reports.

The probe has intensified with authorities now believed to be delving into details about the employees of Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the incident took place.

Liam Payne sadly died at the age of 31 on October 16, after a fatal fall from the third-floor balcony of Casa Sur, an event that sent reverberations across the world. Insiders claim that investigators are insisting the hotel "must provide" additional security tapes and info on its staff, particularly focusing on those working when the incident happened and in the preceding days.

US Weekly has reported that during the police raid, officers were searching for specific documents in the hotel's registration books and extracted data from the hotel computers.

Earlier reports mentioned that Paul Higgins, Liam's bodyguard, accompanied police at the hotel to inspect security footage. Moreover, Higgins appeared to be questioning hotel staff to ascertain who might have provided the late One Direction star with alleged narcotics, as extensively covered in the media, reports the Mirror.

Investigators are looking further into Casa Sur (Image: --)

Following the discovery of cocaine residue in the singer's system, an autopsy carried out posthumously "determined the presence of the class-A drug", according to Infobae. Additionally, ABC News reported that "pink cocaine" was identified among the substances involved.

The drug cocktail that proved fatal included a hazardous mix of MDMA, ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack. Former basketball sensation Lamar Odom has suggested that hallucinations possibly induced by such substances could have impacted Liam's tragic fate.

Liam Payne died at Casa Sur in Argentina (Image: --)

Odom, who has candidly shared his own battles with addiction and is the founder of Odom Recovery Group, explained to TMZ: "Drug can cause you to hallucinate and if he was in a hallucination state then who knows what happened."

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In response to the heartbreaking news, admirers of Liam have initiated a petition calling for the enactment of 'Liams Law', which has quickly garnered over 75,000 signatures. This campaign champions an idea put forward by Liam himself, the ambition of which is to extend more robust support networks for young artists in the music industry.

Liam had openly expressed his challenges with maintaining sobriety and had spoken poignantly about his occasionally precarious mental wellbeing.

Adding an intimate perspective to this sorrowful story, Liam's partner, Kate Cassidy, disclosed the couple's dreams of tying the knot, having eyed a potential date set for the following year. She divulged a touching message on social media in which Liam had penned the aspiration: "Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged and together forever 444."

The figure 444 holds a mystique as an angel number, imbued with profound meaning.