Police say Liam Payne was taking ‘potent’ drug that caused hallucinations when he died

Liam Payne was under the influence of potent hallucinogenic drugs that cause psychotic attacks and hallucinations when he died in Argentina last Wednesday.

Buenos Aires police officers told the outlet that the former One Direction star was potentially high on an illegal drug known in Argentina as “Cristal,”

which is a dangerous substance that “causes users to experience extreme highs and extreme lows, often making them aggressive.”

The substance is also “known to cause psychotic attacks and hallucinations.”

It’s unclear at this stage if the “cristal” police officers are referring to is in fact crystal meth, which is sometimes referred to as “crystal.”

Police told TMZ his reported “erratic” behaviour may be partly due to the drug and may have caused him to hallucinate,

leading him to fall from the third-story balcony of his hotel room at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires.

“Liam was battling a very significant drug addiction and his treatment, as those who knew him will attest, was not working,” an industry insider told the outlet.

Some eyewitnesses have come forward with their alleged observations of Payne’s concerning behaviour during his final hours at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel as well

hotel guest told the Daily Mail Friday that she saw the musician smashing his laptop after becoming infuriated by an email he saw.

“I went over, asked, ‘Are you OK?’ But he just kind of grunted.

Then he said, ‘I used to be in a boy band.

That’s why I’m so f***ed up,’” she remembered of their alleged interaction.

Another guest claimed he saw Payne in the hotel lobby arguing with an unnamed woman about money.

“I’ll give you $20,000 just because I can.

I have $55 million and I like to help people,” Payne allegedly told the female, according to Michael Fleischmann, who stayed at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel on Wednesday.