The incident happened last night when a CISF check squad suspected the movement of the Zambian identified as Phiri Eliajah (29) at the terminal 3 of the IGIA.
He was arrested just before he was about to board a flight to Dubai.
During checking, the security officials recovered 10-kg of narcotic drug called Methaqualon from his baggage.
Eliajah had arrived in Indian on July 2 and was on a tourist visa.
The estimated value of the drug is about Rs one crore in the black market.