A B767-300 CREW HAS 2 POCKET KNIVES SURRENDERED BY PAX STORED IN COCKPIT UNTIL TRIP TERMINATION. SAFETY INSPECTOR INFORMS CREW OF VIOLATION THROUGH SECOND PARTY.

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ABOUT 15 MINS BEFORE DEP FROM SJU; AN AGENT CAME TO THE COCKPIT AND TOLD ME THAT 2 PAX HAD LARGE POCKET KNIVES. SHE HAD THEM IN HER POSSESSION AND ASKED ME WHAT WE COULD DO AS THERE WOULD BE NO TIME FOR THEM TOP PULL BAGS AND PUT THEM IN CHKED BAGGAGE. I TOLD HER TO SEE THE CAPT. ABOUT 5 MINS LATER; THE CAPT CAME TO THE COCKPIT WITH THE 2 KNIVES; EACH WRAPPED IN A TICKET FOLDER. HE EXPLAINED THAT WE COULD KEEP THEM IN THE COCKPIT UNTIL WE ARRIVED IN ATL. THIS SEEMED REASONABLE TO ME AT THE TIME. ENRTE WE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT WE COULD NOT GIVE THE KNIVES TO THE PAX AS THEY LEFT THE PLANE AS THAT WOULD PUT THEM IN A SECURE AREA BEFORE HANDING OVER THE KNIVES. AS IT TURNED OUT; AN FAA INSPECTOR RIDING IN ONE OF OUR OTHER PLANES OVERHEARD OUR CALL TO THE DISPATCHER AND TOLD THE CAPT OF THAT FLT THAT HE WAS GOING TO FILE A VIOLATION AGAINST US. THE CAPT OF THE OTHER FLT CAME TO OUR GATE AFTER LNDG TO INFORM US OF THIS. THE FAA INSPECTOR DID NOT SPEAK TO ME; OR THE CAPT I WAS FLYING WITH.