It must have made them enjoy explosions.
The Army carried out a controlled explosion on the object which was declared safe.
Tape dispenser causes town alert
Police have yet to establish how a tape dispenser which caused a security alert in Ballymena came to be left on a bollard outside a PSNI station.
The tape dispenser, believed to have the abbreviation SOCO written on it, was found at the station on the Galgorm Road at about 1010 GMT.
The letters SOCO are most commonly associated with the PSNI's former Scenes Of Crimes Officers who have been re-named Crime Scene Investigators.
The Army carried out a controlled explosion on the object which was declared safe.