Translation of "hegtenis" into English

Skielik kom ’n skare daar aan en neem hom in hegtenis.

Suddenly, a mob appears and takes him into custody.

Daarbenewens was daar 59 voorvalle waar Getuies—jonk en oud, mans en vroue—deur die polisie in hegtenis geneem is omdat hulle in die openbaar gepreek het.

In addition, there were 59 incidents of police detention of Witnesses—young and old, male and female—who were preaching publicly.