Local "boy racers" risk having their cars seized as part of a crackdown on antisocial driving, the area's senior police officer has said.
Inspector Gordon Cryle has also encouraged the community to play its part and help with the operation.
While officers have already carried out an education phase informing drivers of police powers under the Anti Social Behaviour (Scotland) Act 200
4, and an enforcement period has now begun.
They have also been warned about what type of driving is classed as antisocial.
Montrose officers will work with Eastern Division's road policing unit in a series of planned operations over the next few weeks to target drivers committing offences such as speeding, wheel-spinning, handbrake turns, accelerating or steering excessively, or driving inappropriately for the conditions.
Warnings will be issued in the first instance and anyone caught driving in a similar manner over the next year will lose their car and have to pay to have it returned.
Inspector Cryle said: "This legislation allows us to take immediate action to stamp out anti-social driving and I would encourage anyone who sees an incidence of anti-social driving to note the vehicle registration mark and pass the details of the vehicle to the police."
His comments came after it emerged that Angus Council has closed off the car park near South Links caravan park due to the number of young drivers gathering there. The sports centre's car park will also now be closed off at night, between 10pm and 6am.
The Marine Avenue/Traill Drive area is well known as part of a circuit for local boy racers and the matter was raised at the recent meeting of Montrose Together by chairman Peter Davies.
He said: "There's a meeting taking place about trying to do something to control boy racers, but we're waiting to hear from the police. I understand these idiots are roaring up and down there at two and three in the morning."
A council spokeswoman confirmed the car park was closed off in the last few weeks.
She said: "The car park opposite the caravan park has within the last month had a chain link barrier installed. This allows the car park to be locked off between 10pm and 6am, to stop unauthorised use."
Inspector Cryle said some drivers are encouraged out on to the streets by the longer days and better weather.
He said: "The majority of drivers use the roads and drive in an acceptable manner but there are a minority who persist in driving in an unacceptable manner.
"The clear message to anti-social drivers is that if you drive in an antisocial manner and cause alarm, distress or annoyance to any person then your vehicle will more than likely be seized and it will cost you in excess of £100 to recover it.
"A planned series of operations will see anti-social drivers targeted and in circumstances where they are driving in an anti-social manner they will be issued with an anti-social driving warning and, consequently, if the driver then drives in a similar manner in the next 12 months their vehicle will be seized."
