An investigation is being conducted involving Chinese migrants and one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Florida. Miami-Dade County has seen an uptick in Chinese migrant interceptions, believed to be from human smuggling to the area by boat.

Just days before President Donald Trump was sworn into office, a group of more than 30 migrants, most of them Chinese citizens, was found inside a U-Haul van in the Florida neighborhood. At the end of January, Florida law enforcement intercepted dozens of Chinese nationals in Coral Gables. 

Coral Gables Police Chief Edward James Hudak Jr. said the department issued a BOLO – a be on the lookout alert – for the van and a Toyota car after a resident reported the suspicious vehicles.

Fox News reports the vehicles were stopped by officers, and the woman who was allegedly abducted was taken from the Toyota. Between the U-Haul and Toyota, police found more than 20 Chinese migrants, one male from Cuba and a female from Ecuador.

“We do believe these individuals were brought here by the water,” the chief said. “They were probably dropped off, we’re assuming somewhere around the southern end of Coral Gables, and approached on foot to the van where they were loaded into.”

Two smugglers were arrested, one from Cuba and one from Puerto Rico, Coral Gables police said.

“For the second time in just over a week, a very alert resident saw suspicious activity which was later determined to be illegal entry into our country,” Hudak said. “They called the Coral Gables Police and within minutes, our police units arrived in the area and detained 26 Chinese nationals and two men (one Puerto Rican and one Cuban) in two separate vans.”

Eric Brown, retired Green Beret and founder and CEO of Imperio Consulting, told Fox News Digital that the border initially saw an influx of family groups fleeing to the U.S. from China, but now two-thirds of Chinese migrants coming into the U.S. are single men of military age, traveling alone, and claiming they don’t speak any English.

“There needs to be better discussion between the state and national levels about sharing resources, increasing air-based technology at the border,” Brown said. “For instance, the use of surveillance drones and updating technology could be a good place to start.”