Before Liam Payne died at age 31 on Oct. 16 after falling multiple stories at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a source in the prosecutor's office with knowledge of the situation tells PEOPLE the former One Direction member likely procured drugs from an employee at the establishment.

The One Direction star was holidaying in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the four-star CasaSur Palermo hotel, where he tragically fell from a third floor balcony and was pronounced dead on Wednesday.

Liam Payne has died at age 31. The British singer-songwriter, formerly with the boy band One Direction, fell from the balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

Video shows emergency crews and fans gathered outside the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct 16.

Authorities in Buenos Aires claim that former One Direction star Liam Payne died under the influence of a drug called Cristal at the time of his death. The drug is known to cause psychotic episodes, hallucinations,

Liam Payne was reportedly under the influence of a drug known to cause psychotic attacks and hallucinations prior to his fatal fall.

Liam Payne was reportedly under the influence of a potent drug that can cause hallucinations when he plunged to his death from an Argentina hotel room Wednesday night. The One Direction star was high on the dangerous substance “Cristal,