LONGUEUIL - Aided by an anonymous tip, the Longueuil police say that a murder committed five years ago could now be solved.

A man, 41, and three women aged between 20 and 35 were arrested Thursday morning in connection with the August 2007 murder of Yannick Boucher, 27.

Boucher was struck by bullets in his Old Longueuil apartment on Roy Street.

The 41-year-old man was a Chambly resident and is considered to be the principal suspect in the case, he will be charged with second degree murder. Of the three women, two are Chambly residents and one is from Saint-Hubert, they will charged as accomplices, furnishing false information to the police and hindering a police investigation.

No motive was provided for the murder.

With files from The Canadian Press