The Mossos warn that trying to prevent the Council of Ministers is a serious crime.

Police commanders warn that it is an act against state institutions, punishable by up to five years in prison.

The commanders of the Mossos d'Esquadra are worried about the security device next Friday when the Council of Ministers is held in Barcelona.

But not only for the organization of an ambitious police plan to shield the city center without any altercations, they are also concerned that citizens are duly informed and know that trying to prevent a meeting like this is considered a crime against State institutions, warn police sources. Penalties can reach five years in prison.

Police commanders indicate that the acts to try that the delegation does not reach the Llotja de Mar, where the meeting of the Executive is held, the burning of containers in the vicinity or even generate such noise in the surroundings that prevents its realization may respond to the classification of articles 503 and 504 of the penal code, on crimes against State institutions.

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"It is not the same as in any other demonstration, where it could be a public disorder or an attack on authority," they warn.