a man surrenders to the police in Argentina

A second man suspected of supplying drugs to the British singer before his death in October 2024 in Buenos Aires has surrendered to police.

“The 21-year-old went (Tuesday) to the Barracas police station (south of Buenos Aires) after his lawyer announced that his client would surrender,” police sources said. He is suspected of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne before his death.

This is one of the employees of the Casa Su hotelr where the ex-member of the boy band One Direction died on October 16 when he fell from the 3rd floor balcony of his room. Friday, a first man prosecuted according to the prosecution for also having “delivered cocaine” had been arrested.

The Argentine courts established that there had been “supply of drugs for money” and ordered the detention of the two alleged dealers.

Five people prosecuted

Five people in total are being prosecuted in the investigation into the accidental death of the 31-year-old singer.

According to the prosecution, it is “RLN, agent of the victim (in Argentina) and who accompanied Payne during this trip to Buenos Aires in order to renew his American visa; the hotel manager, GAM, and the hotel reception manager, ERG”.

Left free, they face sentences of one to five years in prison. (ag/ats/afp)

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