Liam Payne may have died after getting wrong 'concentration' of drug

Liam Payne may have died because of the "high purity" strength of Argentinian drugs he consumed, it has been claimed. ITV The X Factor star Payne, 31, died in a hotel balcony fall at the Casasur complex in Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Fernando Cardini said the drugs - which have been reported as pink cocaine and more - could have sparked the "substance-induced", “semi-conscious” or “unconscious” condition the former ITV The X Factor star died during last Wednesday.

He said on Sout American TV: “There was a situation in which a person consumed drugs, but being in a different country, perhaps it didn’t have the same concentration of drug that he bought. Perhaps that got the better of him.”

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A post-mortem examination found that as well as “pink cocaine”, which is a powdery cocktail of drugs including ketamine, MDMA and methamphetamine, there were also traces of cocaine in his system, an Argentine official said this week.

The initial toxicology report was handed to prosecutors on Monday. Argentine sources told ABC News that along with the substances found, an improvised aluminium pipe to consume the drugs was discovered in his room at the CasaSur Hotel.

Marcelo Roma, who is leading the investigation into the former One Direction star’s death, confirmed on Monday that initial results of the tests carried out on his body revealed the presence of cocaine. The final results are not expected to be made public for several weeks.

It comes as two members of staff from the CasaSur Hotel’s are being investigated by police over allegations that they supplied the singer with drugs in the days before his death. Before Payne fell off the balcony, hotel staff called emergency services because a guest was “drunk with drugs and alcohol” and they were afraid that “he could do something that threatens life”.