Uncorroborated reports have Manna's family of owners being held at gunpoint for several hours while a «SWAT» team served a search warrant, proceeded to turn the house upside down, and left with computers, cell phones and several thousands of dollars in food.
He had sued The Mail on Sunday, and he might have taken heart when, early in August last year, Brian Davies, Auckland (N.Z.) district police commander, stated, «We have found that much of what was
reported seems to have been founded on rumor and speculation which, upon investigation, has evaporated in a mishmash of contradictions and
uncorroborated allegations... some witnesses had allegedly received offers of money and other inducements for their information.»