The drug clonazepam and a white powder were found in Liam Payne’s hotel room, the Buenos Aires Security Ministry and Argentinian State Police confirmed to ABC News on Thursday.
Broken objects were also found in the hotel room, the Security Ministry and State Police said.
According to the State police, the white powder is currently being analyzed.
“Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine drug used for the acute treatment of panic disorder, epilepsy, and nonconvulsive status epilepticus,” according to StatPearls, an online library published in the National Library of Medicine.
The desk manager at the hotel where Payne was staying in Argentina pleaded with authorities to “send someone with urgency” in a frantic exchange with emergency services prior to his death, according to a recording of the call obtained by ABC News.
“We need to send someone with urgency because I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger because he is in a room with balcony, and we are afraid he could do something that threatens life,” the worker told emergency services Wednesday evening.