Three people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with and assault on, and subsequent destruction of, a national flag in the Triunfo gardens in Granada.
During a demonstration in Granada to rwequest a referendum on the future of the monarchy, the national flag was hauled from the flagpole , trampled into the ground and then replaced by a republican flag.
Insulting symbols of the state is a criminal offence and carries a possible fine.
In a similar incident, three women were charged after they burned national flags during a demonstration.