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Man arrested for supplying drugs to One Direction singer Liam Payne, say Argentine police

Braian Paiz, accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, is one of 5 people indicted over death of the 31-year-old former British pop star in October.

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British singer Liam Payne in 2015. Payne died in October after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Photo: AP

Argentine police on Friday arrested one of the two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne before he fell to his death from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires.

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Braian Paiz, who is accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, is one of five defendants indicted in connection with the death of the 31-year-old former One Direction pop star in October.

Prosecutors said that Payne had consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death from the balcony of his room at the Casa Sur Hotel.

Paiz, 24, is accused of supplying Payne with drugs two days before this death.

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In November, Paiz denied in a television interview having given drugs to Payne, although he said that he met the pop star and spent time with him at his hotel.

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