Police across Canada have seized hundreds of kilos of fentanyl and charged thousands of people over the course of a five-month bust the RCMP is describing as "significant."

But officials detailing the results of the blitz — dubbed the National Fentanyl Sprint 2.0 —stressed on Tuesday that Canada is still not a major exporter of the drug, despite concerns raised by the U.S. administration.

Canada's fentanyl czar lays out his goal: Stop the drug from crossing U.S. northern border

The fentanyl-focused sprint took place from May to October, involved more than 100 police agencies across Canada and targeted fentanyl traffickers, production labs, distribution networks and financial enablers.

According to a news release, the sprint lead to 8,136 arrests and charges and the seizure of:

386 kil

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