Tribal Huk president Jamie Pink said he has lost sight in his right eye after a gun shoot out on the country roads of Ngaruawahia.

A bullet through Tribal Huk president Jamie Pink's windscreen during a showdown with P dealers claimed the sight in one eye, the gang boss says.

Pink said his eye was grazed by a bullet shot through his windscreen in a country road altercation over the weekend. He said part of the eyeball was damaged beyond repair.

"Those bullets that came through the windscreen, one of them came a bit close and burnt it, that part on the top of the eye - it's all burnt out. The doctor said the rest will have to come out in about two weeks so I'm wearing a patch so I don't scare the kids."

CHRISTEL YARDLEY/FAIRFAX NZ Tribal Huk president Jamie Pink said he has lost sight in his right eye.

Pink said he did not seek hospital help but instead he was treated by a "trusted doctor".

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The Tribal Huk president said his SUV was shot up by P dealers on the back roads of the small Waikato town of Ngaruawahia.

On Monday he left his bullet riddled vehicle in the Waikato Times car park. Inside the armoured black Ford Explorer were two loaded shotguns, blood, bags of cement, and other devices presumably to absorb bullets.

Pink told a reporter that he had lost his right eye and warned them to be careful of touching the vehicle with the loaded weapons inside.

The police are investigating the incident and are examining the vehicle.

Pink's war on P began on October 13 at a Ngaruawahia town meeting, where he gave P dealers 24 hours to leave the town.

Pink has not revealed where and who he has run out of town, however sources in the township have said a number of houses had been visited.

"No one will ever nark out the Huks because most of us support the kaupapa. Better the devil you know," a source said.

Police ESR scientists have begun a sweep on the vehicle for any substances or matter, including blood on the passenger seat, at midday on Tuesday.

It would likely take most of the day and then those results would be sent for testing

Detective Senior Sergeant Darryl Smith, of Waikato CIB said: "We have isolated the vehicle and its contents and they will be examined by forensic specialists."

Police did confirm two guns were inside the vehicle when it was dumped.

Smith said police were following up on those inquiries.